Fernando Alonso's long-time confidant Flavio Briatore has ruled out the Spaniard leaving McLaren to replace Nico Rosberg at Formula 1 rival Mercedes read more »

Jolyon Palmer reckons that Lewis Hamilton would have loved another crack at beating Nico Rosberg after his long-time rival announced his retirement days after winning his first... read more »

The departure of Ron Dennis from his role as chairman and chief executive officer of the McLaren Technology Group marks the end of an era, says rival Formula 1 team deputy... read more »

Nico Rosberg's decision to retire from Formula 1 after winning the world championship for the first time was not a surprise to his team-mate and chief rival Lewis Hamilton read more »

Pascal Wehrlein believes that Manor was "unlucky" not to finish the 2016 Constructors' Championship in 10th position, ahead of rival Sauber. Wehrlein… read more »

Sauber's Felipe Nasr rued a clash with Manor rival Esteban Ocon, which he felt compromised his chances of achieving a strong result at the Abu Dhabi Grand… read more »

Keke Rosberg has rubbished suggestions his son Nico was fortunate to win the 2016 drivers' title, saying title rival Lewis Hamilton "got lucky twice" in 2014 and... read more »

BBC Sport takes a look back at newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton's long-running friendship. read more »

Nico Rosberg held on under-pressure from Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen in a nail-biting climax to clinch his maiden Formula 1 crown as race winner Lewis Hamilton backed... read more »

Nico Rosberg clinched his maiden Formula 1 world championship by holding off Sebastian Vettel to finish second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as rival Lewis Hamilton won the race read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he felt under control throughout qualifying as he stormed to pole position for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton topped each phase of qualifying... read more »

Nico Rosberg accepts "it wasn't possible" to match the time set by Formula 1 title rival Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Lewis Hamilton claimed a vital pole for the championship showdown Abu Dhabi Gtand Prix, beating Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg by 0.3s.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the title-deciding 'Duel in the Desert' Abu Dhabi GP ahead of championship rival Nico Rosberg. read more »

YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Lewis Hamilton says he has no intention of playing off-track psychological games with championship rival Nico Rosberg at this weekend's Abu Dhabi... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has cranked up the pressure on F1 world title rival Nico Rosberg by narrowly holding top spot in FP2 ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP read more »

Lewis Hamilton clocked the quickest time to edge Mercedes team-mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg during the second practice session for the… read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a comfortable start to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend as he proved the fastest man in the first practice session, and 4 tenths quicker than team mate... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is 0.374 seconds faster than rival Nico Rosberg in first practice at the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg to the fastest time in first practice for the Formula 1 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton struck the first blow of his crucial Abu Dhabi GP weekend by topping the timesheets from title rival Nico Rosberg in Practice One. read more »

YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Lewis Hamilton says he is proud of how his teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg has driven this year. The two Mercedes drivers will go head to head... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has rejected Red Bull team principal Christian Horner's suggestion that he should try to delay Formula 1 title rival Nico Rosberg in the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has praised Max Verstappen's "excellent" podium-charging performance in Brazil, having initially aimed fresh criticism at his Red Bull rival in... read more »

Although he needs Nico Rosberg to finish off the podium in Abu Dhabi, Lewis Hamilton has ruled out any talk of backing his title rival up into the Red Bulls. read more »